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Last Friday

October 2023 •English

Mickey and Thomas, stars on the rise, and their friends and crew find themselves trapped in a deadly game by a killer who has dubbed himself 'The Auteur'.

Art Trouble

June 1934 •English

Harry Gribbon and Shemp Howard enter the world of fine art in Paris.

The Wet Season

September 2002 •English

Jocelyn works at her Uncle's 'Crying Booths' in the country, while crying is forbidden in the cities.

Contestant #4

October 2016 •Tagalog

A young boy frequently visits an old man who lives alone, keeping him always in good company. One night, he chances upon the old man watching a dated clip of himself as a cross-dressing boy. This sparks within the young boy an interest to find out more about the old man's past. What he ultimately discovers aids both him and the old man towards a richer understanding of how the weight of life and identity should be carried.

Univitellin

October 2016 •French

Marseille, today. Aminata works as a hairdresser in an Afro hairdressing salon, Badara works as mechanic. When they meet, their love story will change their lives.

True

February 2004 •English

While he's receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a really strange way. A segment of “Paris, je t'aime” (2006).

Rocky

November 2018 •English

A boy looks for all sorts of jobs in a small town in order to pay for his sick brother’s medicine. He eventually decides to enter his rooster in fights.

PENSÁNDOTE

April 2022 •Spanish

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

January 1995 •English

A writer taking a rest in a country hotel is obsessed with a strange woman in the same hotel. The woman seems to observe him in provocative ways, but he does not dare to approach her. One day he follows her to her room and listens to strange “erotic” sounds from inside, and begins to have erotic thoughts.

El horrible ser nunca visto

January 1966 •Spanish

A young woman who lives with her uncle begins to dream about a monster that lurks in the shadows of the night.

Ditirambo vela por nosotros

January 1967 •Spanish

In a desolate world, in a city of madness, José Ditirambo is a wolf among wolves, a fury among furies, an intrepid journalist whose favorite weapons are humor and logic, until he embarks on a mission to find a woman he has heard asking for help through the pipes in his bathroom.

A Girl, She Is 100%

January 1983 •Japanese

A man ran into a woman on a street. She was not attractive, but was a perfect girl for him. After missing the chance to talk to her, he contemplates on how he should have approached her.

Someone's Inside

April 2024 •English

There is someone else in this house. Someone is inside. I don't know what he wants or what he's going to do. What should I do? A short film made by two guys who got bored and decided to do something. This short film was totally improvised. It was filmed in less than three hours and was edited in less than a day. This is the result of two minds trying to be creative.

Run(a)way Arab

March 2018 •English

A queer Arab boy, Nazeem, looks up to his Muslim mother with awe. Later in life, it is only through being a drag queen that he holds on to their lost and fraught connection.

El barril de amontillado

December 1950 •Spanish

An Italian city, 1860. During the carnival, Fortunato de Bettini mocks his friend Montresor who, humiliated, plans an elaborate and cruel revenge.

35 Meters Below Sea Level

April 2006 •Persian

A film about a muslim guy and his sex drive.

Flirts

October 2008 •French

New Year's Eve. A group of friends, all around 18 years old, get together for a party. Ties of love and friendship are formed and broken off. At the frontier between carelessness and seriousness, their true natures come to light.

Proxemics

April 2023 •English

Two strangers, a confident sorority leader and a reserved underclassman, discuss their differing accounts of an ongoing college party after an awkward, physically intimate encounter.

I Am Yet to Make You a Love Song

November 2015 •Portuguese

Greg and Alessandro are in the bedroom, looking at one another. The feeling of guilt and nostalgia of that moment may forever mark their lives, but it's only a gateway to allow love to walk freely amongst them. They look at one another. They feel one another. They love one another. Regardless of the unrevealed pictures or the unwritten songs.

Carmen Not Only According to Bizet

January 1968 •Czech

This is funny or rather crazy adaptation of classical opera Carmen inspired by famous czech theatre Ypsilon play of the same name shot at various bizarre locations such as airport, botanical garden and winter forest.